CVE-2022-24433: Command Injection

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-88

Description

The package simple-git before 3.3.0 are vulnerable to Command Injection via argument injection. When calling the .fetch(remote, branch, handlerFn) function, both the remote and branch parameters are passed to the git fetch subcommand. By injecting some git options it was possible to get arbitrary command execution.

Affected products

simple-git: before 3.3.0 — fixed in 3.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: simple-git 3.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/pull/767
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/releases/tag/simple-git%403.3.0
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2421245
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-2421199
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/pull/767
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/releases/tag/simple-git%403.3.0
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2421245
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-2421199

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